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the attack in benghazi, libya. what more are we learning about the attacks and the measures the state department is trying to take to ensure the safety of its personnel left in benghazi, tripoli, and elsewhere? >> you have a couple of things, anderson. what they're trying to do is make sure the security of the people who are left, and that's only in tripoli, not in benghazi, is assured, so they're sending some marines. it's kind of like a quick reaction for us to the embassy in tripoli to beef that up. they're also notifying troops around the world that potentially they could be used in various ways to ensure the security of american personnel and then, of course, as you mentioned, you've got the destroyers. this would be the destroyers and the drones would be used more, let's say, if the president determined that it was a time to strike against whoever was the group that carried out this attack. >> we'll have a look back on the life of the ambassador. jill and jomana, we'll check in with you. this is a story with
the attack in benghazi, libya. what more are we learning about the attacks and the measures the state department is trying to take to ensure the safety of its personnel left in benghazi, tripoli, and elsewhere? >> you have a couple of things, anderson. what they're trying to do is make sure the security of the people who are left, and that's only in tripoli, not in benghazi, is assured, so they're sending some marines. it's kind of like a quick reaction for us to the embassy in tripoli to...
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we're the number one target in libya. and the fact that there are so many arms, heavy arms included. the ambassador was a natural target, and only one way to protect these people, and that's complete mobility. the s.e.a.l.s provide a security team, but the ambassador would never have been allowed to wander around hotels. she's absolutely right. this is a surprise to me that he was wandering around that country without security. >> you agree with bob, there knees to be needs to be an investigation? >> absolutely. even if it was the ambassador's preference to have a heavy footprint, we have a government to protect. >> more on mitt romney's effort to restate some of his remarks. restate i guess is the word on the i hadden camera video. in a more appealing way. mr. romney tries to refork discuss move on, his campaign is dragging the whole thing back. are they bending the facts? keeping them honest, next. ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may
we're the number one target in libya. and the fact that there are so many arms, heavy arms included. the ambassador was a natural target, and only one way to protect these people, and that's complete mobility. the s.e.a.l.s provide a security team, but the ambassador would never have been allowed to wander around hotels. she's absolutely right. this is a surprise to me that he was wandering around that country without security. >> you agree with bob, there knees to be needs to be an...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. the latest on who's suspected to be behind it and the politics that surround it, both important parts of the story but we also want to remember the lives lost. four people killed, four americans. we know two of their names. the other two names have not been released as the government tries to contact their families. there's also reports of a number of libyans who died trying to protect the consulate in benghazi. we know the name sean smith, ten-year veteran of the state departme department, husband and father of two and the name christopher stevens, u.s. ambassador, just 52 years old with a remarkable career. kr chris stevens was first sent there in 2007. last year he was tasked with a formidable and dangerous assignment, america's point man with the forces fighting gadhafi. >> in the early days of the libyan revolution, i asked chris to be our envoy to the rebel opposition. he arrived on a cargo ship in the port of benghazi and began building relationships with libya's revolutionarie
consulate in benghazi, libya. the latest on who's suspected to be behind it and the politics that surround it, both important parts of the story but we also want to remember the lives lost. four people killed, four americans. we know two of their names. the other two names have not been released as the government tries to contact their families. there's also reports of a number of libyans who died trying to protect the consulate in benghazi. we know the name sean smith, ten-year veteran of the...
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new reporting out of libya on the killing of america's ambassador to libya and three others last week at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. libya's prime minister now acknowledging that the attack was pre-planned. you'll recall from "360's" exclusive reporting last night, they talked about never-ending security threats in benghazi. a source familiar with ambassador stevens' thinking telling us the ambassador specifically mentioned the rise in islamic extremism, the growing al qaeda presence in libya and said he was on an al qaeda hit list. today the secretary of state hillary clinton was asked about that notion. >> i have absolutely no information or reason to believe that there's any basis for that. >> her remarks notwithstanding, we think our reporting is solid and our own people have been digging deeper, including arwa damon, who has been in benghazi with the breaking news. arwa, first to you, there is still a disagreement between the u.s. and libyan governments over whether or not the benghazi attacks were pre-planned. you interviewed the libyan prime minister earlier today. what can
new reporting out of libya on the killing of america's ambassador to libya and three others last week at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. libya's prime minister now acknowledging that the attack was pre-planned. you'll recall from "360's" exclusive reporting last night, they talked about never-ending security threats in benghazi. a source familiar with ambassador stevens' thinking telling us the ambassador specifically mentioned the rise in islamic extremism, the growing al qaeda...
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i also want to emphasize, one, that libya is very weak. the borders are porous, and there is radical islamist elements throughout the country, but still, it is the obligation of the host country to protect our consulates, our embassies and our personnel and it is partially ours but we have to depend on the host country and we have to then sort out and rethink what presence we're going to have and what relationship we're going to have with these countries. >> you were campaigning for governor romney on monday. you hit president obama hard on policy and you said you don't believe the president has the quote strength or ability to lead the nation. you said that recent events have shown how weak he is. are you in any way saying the president is responsible for the attacks in benghazi? >> no, he is responsible for our failure in afghanistan and iraq. we left iraq, and it is now disintegrating and al qaeda is coming back. we didn't leave a residual force, which we should have. and in afghanistan he overruled the military advisers on several occa
i also want to emphasize, one, that libya is very weak. the borders are porous, and there is radical islamist elements throughout the country, but still, it is the obligation of the host country to protect our consulates, our embassies and our personnel and it is partially ours but we have to depend on the host country and we have to then sort out and rethink what presence we're going to have and what relationship we're going to have with these countries. >> you were campaigning for...
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bob baer. >>> senator john mccain is a long-time supporter of freedom for libya. he supported president obama's actions to remove gadhafi. he's been critical of how the administration has handled the benghazi aftermath. we spoke earlier today. take a look. what do you make of the response by the administration in the early days of ambassador rice and now what they're saying now, they're now saying it was a terrorist attack. the president did use the word terror early on in the rose garden, but we heard from ambassador rice, who is saying link this to the video. what do you see as going on? >> i see a fundamental misunderstanding in the larger picture and then on the smaller picture. in the smaller picture they were either incredibly naive or willfully deceiving the american people. i don't know which. but to think an attack of this nature with heavy weapons, mortars, and a very sophisticated direct fire and indirect fire, that somehow that could be the result of a spontaneous demonstration is just impossible for me to understand. >> let me just throw in a third op
bob baer. >>> senator john mccain is a long-time supporter of freedom for libya. he supported president obama's actions to remove gadhafi. he's been critical of how the administration has handled the benghazi aftermath. we spoke earlier today. take a look. what do you make of the response by the administration in the early days of ambassador rice and now what they're saying now, they're now saying it was a terrorist attack. the president did use the word terror early on in the rose...
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consulate in libya that left ambassador chris stevens and three others dead. what libya is saying about whether the attack was pre-planned, next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and get outstanding deals with the travelocity fall hotel sale. you can save up to 40% on select hotels. so book your hotel now and save up to 40%. hurry, offer ends soon. book now at travelocity. to start her own interior design business. she's got a growing list of clients she keeps in touch with using e-mail marketing from constantcontact.com. constantcontact is easy and affordable. it lets her send out updates and photos that showcase her expertise and inspire her customers for only $15 a month. [ dog barking ] her dream -- to be the area's hottest interior design office. [ children laughing ] right now, she just dreams of an office. get a free trial at constantcontact.com. so, i'm working on a cistern intake valve
consulate in libya that left ambassador chris stevens and three others dead. what libya is saying about whether the attack was pre-planned, next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and get outstanding deals with the travelocity fall hotel sale. you can save up to 40% on select hotels. so book your hotel now and save up to 40%....
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invited into libya and would be provided protection. whether or not the libyan government could have delivered on that promise, we'll never know. what we do know is no fbi agents are in benghazi, according to our reporter. the crime scene remains unprotected and the official line seems to be everything is going fine with the libyan government and the fbi investigation. as we said, new details tonight. national security analyst fran townsend got some of them. so did cnn contributor bob baer. fran is the former white house homeland security advisor. she recently traveled to libya with her employer, mcandrew and forbes. bob is a former cia officer with deep experience in the middle east and arab world. also on the phone from tripoli, cnn's reporter. i'm a little surprised, fran, how they can say -- how they are painting what's happening on the ground in libya, especially based on what you're hearing from sources. >> look, anderson, we have not -- this is not the first international terrorism investigation regrettably going back to the east
invited into libya and would be provided protection. whether or not the libyan government could have delivered on that promise, we'll never know. what we do know is no fbi agents are in benghazi, according to our reporter. the crime scene remains unprotected and the official line seems to be everything is going fine with the libyan government and the fbi investigation. as we said, new details tonight. national security analyst fran townsend got some of them. so did cnn contributor bob baer....
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she recently traveled to libya with her employer, mcandrew and forbes. bob is a former cia officer with deep experience in the middle east and the arab world. also on the phone from tripoli, cnn cnn's jomana karachi. i'm a little surprised, fran, how they can say -- how they are painting what's happening on the ground in libya, especially based on what you're hearing from sources. >> look, anderson, we have not -- this is not the first international terrorism investigation regrettably going back to the east africa embassy bombings in the late '90s, the "uss cole" in 2000. we understand how to do these. the fbi's got protocols about what does it look like when you have to deploy investigators and forensic folks to collect evidence overseas. so this is not the first time they've done it. they understand that in order to do that effectively, you have to have protection on the ground, you've got to have somebody who can do a perimeter. you ask in the first instance the host government to do that. if for some reason the libyan prime minister suggested to arwa
she recently traveled to libya with her employer, mcandrew and forbes. bob is a former cia officer with deep experience in the middle east and the arab world. also on the phone from tripoli, cnn cnn's jomana karachi. i'm a little surprised, fran, how they can say -- how they are painting what's happening on the ground in libya, especially based on what you're hearing from sources. >> look, anderson, we have not -- this is not the first international terrorism investigation regrettably...
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breaking news tonight in the wake of the libya tragedy. late word tonight from the u.s. state department they're pulling more staffers out of the embassy in tripoli because of security concerns. also tonight, also security related, new details. they're coming in reaction to our exclusive reporting last night on how quickly officials actually suspected that the killing of four americans in benghazi was an act of terror, and how troubled the subsequent investigation into that deadly assault is turning out to be. today, 16 days after the attack, defense secretary leon panetta stated plainly what was obvious to many, including senator john mccain, who joins us shortly, almost from the beginning. >> as we determined the details of what took place there and how that attack took place, that it became clear that there were terrorists who had planned that attack. >> the best we can tell, this is the first time any administration official has uttered the word "planned" to describe what happened. asked how long it took to reach his conclusion, secretary panetta said quote, it took
breaking news tonight in the wake of the libya tragedy. late word tonight from the u.s. state department they're pulling more staffers out of the embassy in tripoli because of security concerns. also tonight, also security related, new details. they're coming in reaction to our exclusive reporting last night on how quickly officials actually suspected that the killing of four americans in benghazi was an act of terror, and how troubled the subsequent investigation into that deadly assault is...
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had an intensive consultations with leaders in the region, leaders of turkey, egypt, israel, yemen, libya and afghanistan. >> that's not enough. i think david is right here. look, the reality is personal chemistry is very important. also remember most of these leaders, you are speaking through an interpreter. as you well know, when you're doing it on the phone, you have an interpreter there, you're doubly or even triply removed from the person. when you meet them in the flesh, even though there are interpreters, it's a much more human interaction and look, he's never met the president of egypt. this is a guy we really need to understand, whether he can bring egypt to a democratic place and a pro-western place while retaining his islamist background. there are issues with turkey, they've got many important issues to deal with. i don't quite understand why this happed, you know. possibly there's some explanation. one part of it may be that this president is very smart, he's very cerebral. he tends not to place a lot of weight on what david was talking about, the person-to-person meetings, t
had an intensive consultations with leaders in the region, leaders of turkey, egypt, israel, yemen, libya and afghanistan. >> that's not enough. i think david is right here. look, the reality is personal chemistry is very important. also remember most of these leaders, you are speaking through an interpreter. as you well know, when you're doing it on the phone, you have an interpreter there, you're doubly or even triply removed from the person. when you meet them in the flesh, even though...